In the Footsteps of Robert Marshall: Proposed Research of White Spruce Growth and Movement at the Tree Limit, Central Brooks Range, Alaska

• Main Author: Droessler, Terry D.
• Other Authors: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CORVALLIS OR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Geography; Biology; Meteorology; *PRECIPITATION; *TEMPERATURE; DOCUMENTS; RECORDS; SITES; STABILITY; SUMMER; TREES; WORK; ALASKA; SYMPOSIA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BOTANY; Component Reports; *Robert Marshall; *White spruce growth; Tree limit; *Brooks Range; Latitudinal; Arctic; Fairbanks; Brooks Range; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP007321; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP007321

The proposed research will quantify white spruce growth and document its latitudinal stability at the tree limit in the central Brooks Range over the life span of the living trees. The goal is to link tree growth and tree position to summer temperature and precipitation. Historical records from 1929 to 1938 from work by Robert Marshall have been used to identify tree limit sites and provide information to interpret the present location of the tree limit. This article is from 'Proceedings of the International Conference on the Role of the Polar Regions in Global Change Held in Fairbanks, Alaska on 11-15 June 990. Volume 2', AD-A253 028, p431-434. See also Volume 1, AD-A253 027.